The state of California approved mercury thermostat regulations that will set aggressive targets for the collection and recycling of out-of-service mercury thermostats, according to a state news release.

On July 15, 2011, two workers employed as electrical maintenance technicians by Algoma Tubes at the Sault facility were decommissioning an out-of-service motor control centre (a large electrical panel).

The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MOOT) is partnering with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to address the problem of unregistered, overweight, out-of-service commercial vehicles continuing to operate on Mississippi roads.

Thermostat manufacturers must establish an out-of-service mercury thermostat collection program and to meet goals to collect and safely dispose of mercury thermostats that have been removed from homes and other buildings.

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